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Former P-D Scribe Dave Luecking Launches Mound City Sports

Joy and happiness to you, St. Louis hockey fans. The lockout is finally over, the Blues are actually good and you have another site to read about them, Mound City Sports (@moundcitysports on Twitter), written and produced by former veteran Post-Dispatch Blues beat writer Dave Luecking. The site, whi ... More >>

The 20 Best Concerts That Happened in St. Louis in 2012, According to Us

It's been another steller year for live music in St. Louis, whether you were looking for the most legendary living pop artist or the quiet birth of a powerful local band. We've racked our brans and come up with our twenty favorite shows (they're listed below), but what tops your list? Was it The Ur ... More >>

Ben Fournier: Meet the Best Music Photographers in St. Louis

Earlier, we introduced you to our ten favorite concert photographers in St. Louis. We got well over fifty nominations, and our judges narrowed the field to these ten folks. Over the coming week-plus, we'll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them share with you five of thei ... More >>

The Ten Best Shows In St. Louis This Weekend: November 2 to 4

Well that Bieber review sure took off. I got word earlier this week that it recently became the most-read post in RFT Music history (to anyone who missed it, a friend and I snuck booze into the Justin Bieber show at Scottrade and got kicked out, then wrote a review about it). Anyway so yeah, it's Bi ... More >>

Devon Alexander, Randall Bailey To Meet Sept. 8 at Scottrade -- If It Waits That Long

After weeks of verbal sparring, it appears a date and venue is now set for a title bout between St. Louisan Devon Alexander and IBF welterweight champion Randall Bailey. Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, tells Daily RFT that it's "highly likely" the fight will happen on September 8 at Scottr ... More >>

The Blues' Sprint to the Finish Line

The NHL season is coming to a close, and the St. Louis Blues -- excuse me, that should be Your First Place St. Louis Blues -- are getting ready for their final push to the finish line. ​There's plenty on the line for the Blues, who currently sit atop both the Western Conference and the NHL as ... More >>

Radiohead Tickets: Livenation Releases a Limited Number for Tonight's Show

Livenation has just released a limited number of tickets for tonight's formerly sold-out Radiohead show at the Scottrade Center. You can purchase them through the Livenation site here. The newly released tickets are on either side of the stage, in the Plaza level sections 101 and 118 as well as som ... More >>

Won't You Support Joe Sports Fan?

​If you haven't heard, RFT's favorite sports blog is transitioning. Joe Sports Fan launched nearly a decade ago and quickly became one of the best sites for ridiculing our national obsession with sports.Now Joe Sports Fans is getting down to its true roots: St. Louis. In February the site revamped ... More >>

St. Louis Novice Golden Gloves Tournament Results

It's fight week. Just five days until Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana square off at Scottrade. But one shouldn't just jump right into the spectacle when the robes are off and the bell rings. Big time prizefights are best enjoyed with due time, heavy lead-ups to build up the hype and sufficiently ... More >>

Madonna is Coming to the Scottrade Center: Pre-Sale and Ticket Information [Update]

Madonna, fresh off a Super Bowl appearance and more aware of how to capitalize than possibly anyone in pop music, has just announced a massive 2012 tour. And just days before Madonna 2012 World Tour goes out in (presumably) a blaze of infinite production value in Miami, she'll make a stop here in St ... More >>

The WWE Royal Rumble Guide For Concert-Goers

Pro wrestling and arena concerts may seem like vastly different species. But they're not that far off. World Wrestling Entertainment camped out Sunday at Scottrade Center for this year's Royal Rumble, arguably the mega-federation's second biggest pay-per-view of the year next to its annual Wrestlem ... More >>

St. Louis' Indelible Place in Professional Wrestling

This Sunday St. Louis hosts the WWE's Royal Rumble. Some of the men who'll wrestle that night -- such as CM Punk and Ted DiBiase Jr. -- passed through Harley Race's Wrestling Academy in Eldon, Missouri, on their way to the big league (for more on Race, see last week's feature story Harley Race's Ac ... More >>

Sharp Threads and Sharper Words Color Alexander-Maidana Press Conference

​Their fighting styles are about as different as their fashion styles. This became clear on Friday as Devon Alexander and Marcos Maidana appeared at Scottrade for their fight's first press conference. On one side of the podium sat Devon Alexander, the St. Louis hero, smiling and shining, a maroon ... More >>

It's Official: Devon Alexander To Fight Marcos Maidana February 25 at Scottrade

Albert Samaha​Devon Alexander will fight the hard punching Marcos Maidana on February 25th at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Alexander will by vying for Maidana's WBA world light welterweight title. The fight will broadcast on HBO. Last time Alexander fought at Scottrade, an August 2010 d ... More >>

Entelleckt: Rapper-Slash-Computer Engineer

Image via​Since enrolling at Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2006, Entelleckt has released two mixtapes and interned at Boeing and Scottrade. He's a computer engineering major who takes breaks from studying to make music. Or perhaps he's a rapper who takes breaks from making music ... More >>

Hometown Hero Devon Alexander: An Editor's Note

The opening spread from RFT's 2005 profile featuring "Alexander the Great."​ Last week, Daily RFT published a brief post about the announcement that Don King Productions had booked the St. Charles Family Arena for a June 25 boxing card featuring hometown hero Devon Alexander. The day after th ... More >>

Santana is Coming to the Fabulous Fox

​Carlos Santana is coming to St. Louis on September 6th. Michael Franti & Spearhead will open. Rolling Stone thinks Santana is the fifteenth best guitarist in history, in case you were in need of some sort of introduction. He played Scottrade in 2008, so it's fair to say his upcoming appearanc ... More >>

The Get Motivated! tour that barnstormed into St. Louis last week is as American as a get-rich-quick scheme

Taylor Swift's 2011 Tour Now Contains Two St. Louis Shows

​Months ago, we said that Taylor Swift's 2011 world tour was stopping in St. Louis on August 14, venue to-be-announced. Well, we can now confirm that Swift will be at the Scottrade center on that date -- and on August 13 too. Needtobreathe will open both dates. Tickets are on sale on Friday, F ... More >>

U2 Coming to Busch Stadium in 2011 [Updated]

Annie ZaleskiA rendering of what the U2 360 stage will look like in Busch Stadium​As hinted at on Friday, U2 today announced a show at Busch Stadium on July 17, 2011. Capacity of the concert is expected to exceed 50,000, with 90 percent of tickets priced at under $100, according to today's pre ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of September 23

The Prince of Darkness, the Godfather of Metal, the Man Who Chews through Living Creatures will terrorize Scottrade on December 10. ​ Blueberry Hill *Dave Barnes, November 4 *Devon Allman's Honeytribe, November 6 *Jaron and the Long Road to Love, October 14 The Firebird *Hawthorne Heights, ... More >>

Food Inspections at St. Louis Stadiums Get Better Grades Than Most (i.e. Kansas City)

You knew those stadium nachos weren't healthy in the first place.​ESPN is out with a review of health citations for food at all the nation's pro-sports stadium and arenas. The bad news: That $6 beer and $5 hot-dog you just ordered may contain moldy ice and rodent droppings. The good news: Odds are ... More >>

The Westboro Baptist Church Does Lady Gaga Karaoke, Part Two: The Snooze-worthy "Ever Burn"

​The Westboro Baptist Church -- which let a little snow and ice keep 'em away from a protest at Lady Gaga's January show at the Fabulous Fox -- is again vilifying the pop star for her ways. Specifically, Megan Phelps, the church's designated Lady Gaga karaoke queen, has re-done "Telephone" as ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Pearl Jam and Band of Horses at the Scottrade Center, Tuesday, May 4

After Pearl Jam opened its first St. Louis show since 2004 with the moody No Code album cut "Sometimes," vocalist Eddie Vedder bellowed, "In the immortal words of Marvin Gaye - let's get it on!" Cue "Corduroy," just one of many snarled rockers the quintet unleashed during a two-hour-plus set. Ph ... More >>

Home Ice At Last

Over the Weekend: Bruce Springsteen, Victorian Fetish Ball, A Place to Bury Strangers and Samantha Crain

It was a weekend for great concerts in St. Louis. We also saw the pre-Halloween parties begin. Here's a recap of our weekend coverage.Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure NightclubPhoto: Egan O'KeefeSee more photos from Saturday night's Victorian Fetish Ball at Lure Nightclub. Some photos are NSFW (Not Saf ... More >>

Lady Gaga and Kanye West in St. Louis?

According to Pollstar, Lady Gaga and Kanye West's "Fame Kills" tour is set to hit St. Louis on Friday, December 4, at the Scottrade Center. Neither Ticketmaster nor the Scottrade's website has this info yet, so consider it tentative until we do get word. In light of last night's events -- i.e., when ... More >>

Best of RFT Music, Food, Sports -- January 12-16

In case you actually worked this week (and didn't surf the Web all day), here are just a few of the gems from our other RFT blogs. From Gut Check: St. Louisans love caffeine, especially the carbonated kind. Can too much of a good thing cause you to see things?  A local billboard offers a distu ... More >>

Wrestling at ... Scottrade?

This just in...WWE is bringing its Monday Night Raw to the Scottrade Center on February 2. Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m."Wrestling at Scottrade" just doesn't have the same ring to it as the old Wrestling at the Chase television series that aired from 1959 to 1983 on KPLR Channel 11. Bu ... More >>

Interview: New Kids on the Block's Jonathan Knight

Over the Weekend: Halloween Parties, Stephen Malkmus, Neil Diamond, $2 Gasoline

Review Photos Setlist: Neil Diamond at the Scottrade Center, Sunday, November 2

Beck's Awesome Sign Language Interpreter During "Loser" at Austin City Limits

Blues Win 3-2 Over Dallas Stars in Preseason Opener

Saturday Night in St. Louis: Dark Meat, Detroit Cobras, Ha Ha Tonka -- and An Observation

Over the Weekend: Springsteen, Obama, Festival of Nations, The Lot Concert, South Grand Nightlife

Weekend Wrap-Up: What Did Everyone Do?

Over the Weekend: Pitchfork Music Festival 2008, Anna Kournikova in Forest Park, NASCAR Fashion, Motley Crue Fest, Foo Fighters, Tiffany at Ameristar

Ticket Prices for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Scottrade Center, August 23, 2008

What You Missed: Alicia Keys, Van Halen, Big Black and more.

Show Review: Alicia Keys at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, April 27, 2008

Motorhead and Testamant at the Pageant in St. Louis, August 20 -- Along with an Insane Rumor...

St. Louis Weekend Update: March 28-30

Boxing Day

St. Louis Concert Calendar: September 18, 2007

St. Louis Concert Calendar: Tuesday, August 21

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